Pediatrics

To ensure your child’s optimal health, it’s important to schedule regular visits with your pediatrician for the first two years of his or her life, when growth and development are so rapid. Once your child reaches three years old, well-child visits can be scheduled less frequently; once a year is recommended.

At your child’s well visit, our caring provider will perform a thorough examination appropriate for age and development. A well-child exam includes:

• Vision and hearing screenings
• Recording appropriate developmental milestones
• Recommendations if your child is experiencing developmental delays
• Discussion of relevant health and safety topics
• Vitals
• Sport physical

Well-child visits will include specific vaccines and treatments recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), as follows:

2 weeks – Assessment of achievement of birth weight, monitoring of growth parameters, evaluation of home feeding patterns

1 month – Hep B

2 months – DTaP-Polio-HiB, Hep B, Rotavirus, Prevnar

4 months – DTaP-Polio-HiB, Rotavirus, Prevnar, ASQ

6 months – DTaP-Polio- HiB, Rotavirus, Prevnar, +/-Hep B, flu shot (in season), vision screen, tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, ASQ

9 months – +/-Hep B, lead test, anemia test, flu shot (in season), vision screen, ASQ

12 months – MMR, Varicella, Hep A, Prevnar, flu shot (in season), vision screen, tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, ASQ

15 months – DTaP-Polio- HiB, flu shot (in season), tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, vision screen, ASQ

18 months – Hep A, flu shot (in season), tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, vision screen, M-CHAT, ASQ

2 years – Lead test, flu mist or flu shot (in season), tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, vision screen, M-CHAT

3 years – Flu mist or flu shot (in season), OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, anemia test, tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, ASQ

4 years – MMR, Varicella, DTaP, Polio, flu mist or flu shot (in season), OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, ASQ, tuberculosis and lead questionnaire

5 years – Flu mist or flu shot (in season), OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, lipid panel, tuberculosis and lead questionnaire, ASQ

6 years – Flu mist or flu shot (in season), OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, lipid panel, tuberculosis and lead questionnaire

7-8 years – Flu mist or flu shot (in season), lipid panel, OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, tuberculosis questionnaire

9-10 years – Flu mist or flu shot (in season), OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, lipid panel, tuberculosis questionnaire

11-21 years – Meningococcal booster vaccine, Tdap, HPV vaccine, flu mist or flu shot (in season), OAE (hearing screen), vision screen, lipid panel, anemia test for menstruating females, tuberculosis questionnaire

For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

If your child is sick, trust our experienced pediatric providers to quickly diagnose the illness or condition and provide prompt treatment.

We diagnose and treat acute and chronic pediatric conditions including:

• ADD and ADHD (Vanderbilt Screening)
• Asthma and allergies
• Autism (MCHAT Evaluation)
• Burns (minor)
• Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting
• Earaches and ear infections
• Eczema
• Rashes
• Sore throat, coughs, cold, and flu
• Sprains and broken bones
• Stomach aches and stomach flu
• Strep throat
• Type 2 diabetes
• Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
• Warts